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Beethoven - Diabelli Variations Op.120 | Harmonia Mundi HMC902071

Beethoven - Diabelli Variations Op.120

Label: Harmonia Mundi

Cat No: HMC902071

Barcode: 3149020207123

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 31st May 2011

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Contents

Artists

Paul Lewis (piano)

Works

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Diabelli Variations, op.120

Artists

Paul Lewis (piano)

About

Published in June 1823 and dedicated to Antonie Brentano, the 33 Variations Op.120 were described by Diabelli himself as "a great and important masterpiece, worthy to be ranked with the imperishable creations of the old Classics [and to occupy] a place beside Sebastian Bach’s famous masterpieces of the same type". And, indeed, Beethoven revolutionised the genre – but, paradoxically, by taking it into the unexpected regions of the bagatelle.

Between 2005 and 2007 Paul Lewis performed all the Beethoven piano sonatas on tour in the USA and Europe, in tandem with his complete recording of the cycle for harmonia mundi. This project earned him two Gramophone Awards in 2008: Recording of the Year and Best Instrumental Recording.

In the summer of 2010 he became the first soloist to perform the complete Beethoven Piano Concertos at the BBC Proms in a single season. His studio recordings of the cycle with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Jirí Belohlávek have since been acclaimed by the international press.

From Autumn 2008 until the end of last year he immersed himself in performances of the Beethoven Sonatas, Diabellis and Concertos and there are few UK venues he did not appear in.

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